states like virginia and florida. in the rust belt, however, in that firewall of ohio, iowa and wisconsin, he's running significantly better than anywhere else in the country among those blue-collar workers. -- blue-collar white voters. the last line of defense that romney hasn't been able to get over. >> well, george, thank you. i think president obama has regained his aptitude following that first debate. he has a slight tailwind in these battleground states. i have been to many of them. people are so enthusiastic. six months ago, i couldn't get anyone to return my call. they were like, stop it. but they're not just only returning calls they're bringing people to the polls. the polling stations opened for five hours and people are going out and they're voting early. >> the long lines at the polls are really something. >> the problem with the romney campaign's theory of the race and what ed said, the problem is, are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? their theory is, when you feel a losing campaign, these th